Jade Cup with Two Handles and Archaistic Dragons
Date1644 - 1911
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: jade, pale green
DimensionsOverall: 5.9 x 12.5 cm
Base: 6 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGiven anonymously in memory of Sir James Thornton, CB, MB, BA
Object number1977.141.001
Descriptionpale greenish white jade with brown areas; this vessel has a tapered spreading rim with raised lugs & bovine masks in high relief & archaistic dragons in low relief in between. The handles are decorated with dragon heads & pendant flangs; the body is ribbed, footrim splayed.Status
Not on view
c.500 BC
1903
